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Cathelijne
Netherlands
744 Posts |
 Posted - 03/02/2020 : 15:26:53
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Hi!
Anyone on here have copies of the Autocar and the Light Car & Cycle Car magazine reports for the 1931 Double Twelve race, please?
Also, anyone know who hid behind 'Boanerges', columnist for Motor Sport in the 1930s?
Thanks!
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LewPalmer
USA
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Posted - 03/02/2020 : 15:49:51
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Not that, but I do have this photo. It was given to me by Jim Simpson, a 50 year employee of MG, and the 14 year old boy third from the right in the front row. This was taken at the factory after the return of the cars from the race.
Lew Palmer
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Cathelijne
Netherlands
744 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2020 : 16:01:37
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| Brilliant, thanks, Lew! Can anyone else identify any of the crowd other than the usual suspects? |
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LewPalmer
USA
3242 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2020 : 19:04:13
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Jim Simpson told me that the management was so pleased that they gathered the whole factory out for a group photo. This photo was published in the local newspaper, but sadly he only gave me the photo clipping not the whole article. When I flew Jim over for the 2001 MG International, he left a large number of clippings and artwork from his 50 years at the factory.
Lew Palmer
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 08/02/2020 : 13:42:29
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The identity of Boanerges seems to be lost in the mists of time. He's one of several inter-war scribes I - and others - would like to identify!
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/44776-journalistic-noms-de-plume/
Possibly someone moonlighting from another publication - or even (like Harry Milne, Verglas and Overdrive) a 'portmanteau' for several contributors. |
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Cathelijne
Netherlands
744 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2020 : 14:20:49
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Ah, yes, thank you, Richard! I had come across that topic and figured 'our' Vitesse and Vitesse2 were one and the same ;-)
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/02/2020 : 10:11:54
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And did you notice, Cathelijne, who "The Blower" was. Seems to have been two or three different people.
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Cathelijne
Netherlands
744 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2020 : 15:42:51
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I did  ! Can't believe you remembered! |
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